Accident Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon 4624, Thursday 25 February 1960
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Date:Thursday 25 February 1960
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic L37 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
Owner/operator:Força Aérea Portuguesa
Registration: 4624
MSN: 15-1162
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Location:Bucelas -   Portugal
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:BA6 Montijo (LPMT)
Destination airport:AB1 Lisboa
Narrative:
Crashed on night approach.

Sources:

Folha de São Paulo 25 February 1960, p2
https://altimagem.blogspot.com/2013/12/90a-lockheed-pv-2-harpoon-segunda-parte.html
Diário de Lisboa 26 February 1960, p6 .

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
08-Aug-2014 19:20 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
09-Aug-2014 15:23 TB Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
10-Sep-2015 18:33 TB Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Jan-2017 21:47 TB Updated [Operator, Source, ]
03-Feb-2017 14:50 TB Updated [Source, ]

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